Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Leading off with some hefty deals, female partners at various firms have been instrumental in orchestrating billion-dollar deals that made headlines in November. Click through the slideshow to find out more:

According to a recent survey by the Center for Political Accountability, a non-profit created in 2003 with a goal to bring transparency to corporations' political spending, an increasing number of companies is disclosing the contributions they make to political campaigns.